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Compromise may mean continued reprieve for 'Obamacare' preventive care mandates
Attorneys told a federal appeals court Friday they are close to an agreement that could temporarily maintain government requirements that health insurance plans include coverage of HIV-preventing drugs, cancer screenings and other preventive care whi
Jun 9, 2023 12:35 PM
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How to interpret Environment Canada's Air Quality Health Index ratings
Environment Canada has been advising people to check the Air Quality Health Index as wildfire smoke blanketed large swaths of Canada in recent days.
Jun 9, 2023 12:00 PM
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Vatican: Pope sitting up, working from an armchair after abdominal surgery
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was “progressively improving” and sitting in an armchair working Friday, following surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the Vatican said.
Jun 9, 2023 11:07 AM
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Maine expansion of abortion laws, which would be among the country's broadest, passes committee
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A committee of the Maine Legislature signed off Friday on a proposal from Democratic Gov. Janet Mills that would give the state one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the country.
Jun 9, 2023 10:47 AM
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Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Ann Allen loved going to church and the after-school social group led by a dynamic priest back in the 1960s. The giggling fun with friends always ended with a game of hide and seek. Each week, the Rev.
Jun 9, 2023 5:54 AM
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A little white pill, Captagon, gives Syria's Assad a strong tool in winning over Arab states
BEIRUT (AP) — A little white pill has given Syrian President Bashar Assad powerful leverage with his Arab neighbors, who have been willing to bring him out of pariah status in hopes he will stop the flow of highly addictive Captagon amphetamines out
Jun 8, 2023 11:12 PM
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Utah man sues Alaska troopers, says his job offer was yanked after revealing HIV status
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Salt Lake City man who says his job offer to become an Alaska State Trooper was rescinded after he disclosed he was HIV positive filed a lawsuit in state court Thursday to get his position on the statewide police force and
Jun 8, 2023 4:00 PM
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Nursing home resident pleads guilty to murder, rape of 80-year-old invalid
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 61-year-old Indianapolis nursing home resident pleaded guilty to murder and rape Thursday in the death of an 80-year-old invalid last year .
Jun 8, 2023 3:37 PM
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Dispute erupts over a section of Kentucky's transgender law that hinges on one word
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A new dispute has erupted over Kentucky's sweeping transgender law, revolving around one word in a section banning sex education topics — including sexual orientation — from discussion in classrooms.
Jun 8, 2023 3:03 PM
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Fresh D.C. breeze eases atmospheric angst as Canadian smoke chokes U.S. capital
WASHINGTON — A fiery orange sun rose over the iconic landmarks of Washington, D.C., before all but vanishing into a grey Canadian haze Thursday as wildfire smoke from Ontario and Quebec arrived in earnest in the U.S. capital.
Jun 8, 2023 2:34 PM
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